Religion
Joel 3:12: Awake, thou guilty world, awake
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Awake, thou guilty world, awake.
Whom God doth by His judgments shake,
And to the dread tribunal come!
Jesus on earth erects His seat,
And cites you here your doom to meet,
Type of your everlasting doom!
Avenger of His slighted laws,
His gospel and His people's cause,
In righteous wrath implacable
The Lord with sword and fire shall plead,
Throughout the world destruction spread,
And sweep His slaughter'd foes to hell.
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Wesley, Charles. “Joel 3:12: Awake, thou guilty world, awake.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3768/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Joel 3:12: Awake, thou guilty world, awake.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3768/.
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